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user-inactivated  ·  4019 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Any other Senior-Citizens-In-Training?

Oh, I want to see some of those weather from space pictures, that shit is cool -- even when there aren't any typhoons around. Do you have a public flickr or something? That might break your anonymity rule. Whatever, if you want to share, know that I want to see.





kleinbl00  ·  4019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I download 'em. They're nothing more than stitches of the GOES sat photos, stitched over an Xearth model.

Here's a screengrab just now.

Here's the crablouse in its native environment.

Fuck. Look at the time.

pseydtonne  ·  4018 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait, you're in Playa del Rey and you care about weather? I was about to say "I don't need local weather anymore because I live in West Hollywood". You're down the road from me (down Fairfax to La Cienega to La Tijera to Manchester Blvd, so four roads).

I assume you need to know about ocean air details. I also hope you made that LED sweep clock yourself because it rocks.

kleinbl00  ·  4018 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Wait, you're in Playa del Rey and you care about weather?

Exactly.

    I assume you need to know about ocean air details.

I don't need to know shit. I could throw a rock and hit LAX. You'd think if you needed to know about weather, you could probably trust their data. The weather station is actually a tawdry mix of sunk cost fallacy and scope creep.

    I also hope you made that LED sweep clock yourself because it rocks.

Naw, dude, that's legit. That's a Leitch-Harris UDC-5212. Great story behind it, too. Only thing cooler would be a Solari Udine Dator.

user-inactivated  ·  4019 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Neat. Another fun thing is guessing the city behind the light pollution on images like that. If Mexico City, San Diego etc are too easy, move on to Santa Fe, Salt Lake City, Vegas, and then on to OKC, Omaha, Fargo...

EDIT: it should be noted that I am 21 years old. I was born to be a senior citizen.